Got my letter for the Selective Service today. What should i do?

I'm 17 and turning 18 in a week. Yesterday in the mail, i got a friendly letter in the mail from the Selective Service saying "it's time to register".
I'm trying to decide what to do. I need to register to get Financial Aid (which we were counting on), as well as have any hope for a stable government
job in the future.

I just DO NOT want to fight a war. It's not that i'm afraid of it, i just see myself and others as more than cannon fodder and would rather not fight
a pointless war so the rich can stay rich. With the way the world is going, i wouldn't be surprised if the draft is reinstated within the next couple
years. And i would be the perfect candidate. I'm 5'9", 135lbs and athletic (run distance in track).

What i'm hoping is that even if the draft is reinstated, i could have an exemption. I take Zoloft for anxiety and i know it's an exemption, at least
for the voluntary draft.

Originally posted by mossme89
I'm 17 and turning 18 in a week. Yesterday in the mail, i got a friendly letter in the mail from the Selective Service saying "it's time to register".
I'm trying to decide what to do. I need to register to get Financial Aid (which we were counting on), as well as have any hope for a stable government
job in the future.

I just DO NOT want to fight a war. It's not that i'm afraid of it, i just see myself and others as more than cannon foder and would rather not fight a
pointless war so the rich can stay rich. With the way the world is going, i wouldn't be surprised if the draft is reinstated within the next couple
years. And i would be the perfect candidate. I'm 5'9", 135lbs and athletic (run distance in track).

What i'm hoping is that even if the draft is reinstated, i could have an exemption. I take Zoloft for anxiety and i know it's an exemption, at least
for the voluntary draft.

One moment!!
America forces you to register for military to be able to drive a car and go to the university?!?!!!!?

When I turned 18, i got the same letter in the mail. I didn't sign up and would not have if I didnt decide to go to college this fall, as I needed it
to get unemployment insurance (NY state) and to get Financial Aid. The good part is that I too have an exemption, I have been diagnosed with major
depressive disorder on more than one occasion by more than one doctor, along with Borderline Personality Disorder. I don't think they would really
choose you over someone who has absolutely no problems at all unless there was a serious war outbreak closer to home. If your going to college and
need financial aid.. unfortunately you do have to sign up. No way getting around it.

relax. fill it out and don't worry a bit more about it. There will not be a draft anytime in the near future. They are turning down applicants
right now. The military is fat for a Democratic presidency. You will be asked in the future if you filled it out. I don't remember where, but I do
remember it being asked. It's a formality. If for some very unlikely reason you were called upon, look up consciences
objector.en.wikipedia.org...

Hey, just sign it and if there is a draft (pointless) you can tell them your a conscientious objector and they'll find you a nice quite job somewhere
or they'll use you for a lab rat or a prison guard or something like that! No worries! and you still can get your school and stuff! If you don't
sign it, and there is a draft (because things are REALLY that bad) and they do get they're hands on you, then your just a Bradley Manning and life
will end up sucking very bad for you! Roll the dice, just like the rest of us have to ! ! ! ! !

I went to the military and actually wanted to join for a little bit of money as some pencil-pusher somewhere in Bosnia or whatever where it's
relatively calm. A friend of mine did that and got a sh!tload of cash for basically doing nothing in the 3 months he was over there.

But trust me on this...the military is the most retarded mindkilling place you'll ever find yourself in. Don't join.

When you sign that paper, it can be used against you at any time. I actually got drafted in my country, but I asked my grandfather what I should do.
He strongly adviced against it. And he was a guy who fought in WW2. When you register to the military, you sign away your freedom. I would have been
in an entirely different situation today if I said OK to the military. I would have been in a situation where I would be called for exercises every
year. And because I am self-employed that would have meant lots of money down the drain. My company requires all of my time. When I get a family my
wife and kids will take up all of my time. I haven't got time for the military, and most other people should not have time for it as well. I imagine
"un-registering" is not that easy.

Draft registration has been around since the beginning of time it would seem, and only during Vietnam was names ever pulled from it. It is the law
that on your 18th birthday a citizen must sign up, however it is nearly a technicality since even with a draft service is still voluntary.

A work around this whole thing in law does exist, the simple answer is do not be a citizen and correct your nationality legally, this is the only true
path to freedom, do not fall for all the misinformation out their on so called freedom movements. Only one is legal and back by the attorney generals
office.

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